New Jersey used to be the hub of the Atlantic League, with up to half of the franchises located in the Garden State. Now, there are none.

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New Jersey used to be the hub of the Atlantic League, with up to half of the franchises located in the Garden State. Now, there are none.
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I recently was flipping through a stack of programs, yearbooks and magazines my father-in-law gave me, all mostly centered around Pittsburgh sports, reflecting his fandom. While leafing through an issue of Pro! (“The Official Magazine of the National Football League”) that served as the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s 1973-74 yearbook, I was surprised to see a baseball next to… View Post
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In 2008, the Dodgers called on Tommy Lasorda to return to the bench.
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When the new arrangements between Major League clubs and their affiliates become official, the Twins will have the closest Triple-A affiliate, perhaps in history, based on the shortest overland distance between their Target Field in Minneapolis and the Saints’ CHS Field in St. Paul. In my recent study of MLB clubs’ distances to their affiliates, the mileage I used was… View Post
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I never got to see Phil Niekro pitch during his career, even though he pitched for five-plus seasons after I went to my first baseball game. But in 2017, I got to watch him throw batting practice to fellow Hall of Famer Wade Boggs at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown. As I remember it, Boggs stepped to the plate during BP… View Post